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“How Do We Break Out of Pity?”: Reframing Children as Philanthropic Citizens

NonProfit Quarterly

Shifting from Pity to Solidarity Children are often encouraged to contribute by evoking pity, said Neugebauer (the classic example: Eat up your peasthere are starving kids in Africa.). While children are increasingly involved in school-based fundraising, this is often framed as the haves giving to the have-nots.

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First-Ever Video Benchmarks Survey for Nonprofits

Care2

But what kind of a direct impact do these “social actions” really have especially for nonprofits? Are people who like or comment on these videos signing up for organization’s enewsletters, are they donating money, volunteering, taking an advocacy action?

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The Top 5 Fundraising Trends in 2020

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many nonprofits saw a surge in recurring subscription initiations following the 2016 election, particularly civil rights, social action, and advocacy organizations, according to Classy platform data.

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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

In Emilia Romagna, this pedagogy of democracy is known as Reggio Emilia: a child-centered approach in which “teachers learn with the children and work in a lateral relationship as opposed to a hierarchical one.” They imagined creating clubs that would integrate community and social action with learning about economic democracy.

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Newsletter: How One Retailer 2X Customer Donations; 144 Brands That Are Leading on Social Action ; What’s the Most Effective B2B Content by Funnel Stage?

Selfish Giving

144 brands that are leading on social action , sustainability, inclusivity, and fun. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Houston ($100k - $150k) 2. There's one requirement: 100% of profits from the product sold during the limited-time offer must be donated to child-related causes. Two lists for you to check out. I need this car!

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Why Are Nonprofits Experiencing An Insurance Crisis? And What Can the Nonprofit Sector Do About it?

Blue Avocado

If NIA could provide coverage for the first two million dollars in limits without significant reliance on reinsurance, it would allow nonprofits themselves to determine which risks are acceptable, without any of the political or social action concerns that cause large public corporations to shy away from this business.

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Taxes, Race, and Justice: Confronting “Quiet Violence” Against Black Americans

NonProfit Quarterly

Board of Education , which argued that White taxpayer dollars should not go to educating Black children, is a stark example of this ingrained bias. Anger with this blatantly unjust system was partly responsible for galvanizing broader social action in the wake of Browns killing. The rhetoric used in the wake of Brown v.